Thomas Hitzlsperger is on target on his West Ham debut as the Premier League strugglers stroll into an FA Cup sixth-round tie at Stoke with a comprehensive win over Championship outfit Burnley.

The wife of a former soldier who tried to blow her up with a grenade planted in her car says she does not hate him for trying to kill her.

England will hope to avoid an upset when they begin their World Cup campaign against the Netherlands in Nagpur on Tuesday - having lost to the Dutch in the World Twenty20 in 2009.

Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti believes the club could still enjoy their best-ever season, despite their recent disastrous run of form.

Libya's leader, Muammar Gaddafi, makes a brief appearance on state TV in the capital, Tripoli, dismissing "malicious rumours" that he has fled the country.

At least 30 people are killed in a stampede at a stadium in Mali after an imam's sermon at a Muslim festival, officials say.

The Foreign Office relaxes its travel advice for British citizens going to Egypt, three weeks after warning against visiting some cities.

There have been deaths following a powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, fire service officials tell local media.